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Day-by-day plans

Hamburg weekend: harbour, Fischmarkt and the Hanseatic table ★ 4.6

First-time visitor, two days2 days

A weekend built around Hamburg's defining harbour-front food, the Sunday Fischmarkt at dawn and the Hanseatic tavern table at the Old Commercial Room.

  1. Day 1: Saturday: Landungsbruecken Fischbroetchen, Speicherstadt coffee, Hanseatic dinner

    Morning
    Start at Bruecke 10 on the Landungsbruecken at 11:00. Order a Bismarckhering and a Matjes Fischbroetchen on the harbour-side bench; walk east along the Landungsbruecken to the Elbphilharmonie.
    Afternoon
    Walk into the Speicherstadt to Speicherstadt Kaffeeroesterei at Kehrwieder 5 for a single-origin filter and a tour of the drum-roasting floor. Walk to the Old Commercial Room on Englische Planke 10 for an early-evening Labskaus.
    Evening
    Dinner at Old Commercial Room at 19:00; order the Original Hamburger Labskaus with the full Rollmops and gherkin; finish with Rote Gruetze. Walk to Le Lion Bar de Paris on Rathausstrasse for a Gin Basil Smash to close.

  2. Day 2: Sunday: Fischmarkt at dawn, Schanze brunch, Reeperbahn dinner

    Morning
    Arrive at the Fischmarkt Altona on Grosse Elbstrasse 9 by 06:00 in summer. Walk the auctioneers' stalls; the herring shouters are the show. Coffee and Fischbroetchen at the Fischauktionshalle terrace by 08:30 before the market closes 09:30.
    Afternoon
    Brunch at EM Breakfast Club on Neuer Pferdemarkt 14 in the Schanze from 10:30. Walk over to Underdocks on Neuer Kamp 13 in St Pauli for a creative Fischbroetchen on a roasted spelt roll, then to Bun's Streetfood on Schulterblatt 108 for a grilled brioche bun.
    Evening
    Dinner at Bullerei on Lagerstrasse 34b; order the dry-aged rib-eye and the seasonal pasta. Late drink at The Boilerman Bar in HafenCity to close on a harbour highball.

Hamburg three days: the Michelin grid and the harbour bistros ★ 4.7

Returning visitor, three days, food-focused3 days

Three days built around the city's three-star Michelin rooms, the Schanzenviertel craft brewery and roastery grid, and a harbour-bistro corridor along Grosse Elbstrasse.

  1. Day 1: Friday: HafenCity Michelin, Speicherstadt coffee

    Morning
    Coffee at Speicherstadt Kaffeeroesterei at Kehrwieder 5 at 10:00. Walk the Speicherstadt to HafenCity; lunch at Cafe Paris on Rathausstrasse 4.
    Afternoon
    Detour into Neustadt for a filter at Public Coffee Roasters on Wexstrasse 28. Check in around 17:00; head back to the harbour.
    Evening
    Dinner at The Table Kevin Fehling on Shanghaiallee 15 at 19:00; the full tasting with pairings. Walk to The Boilerman Bar on Osakaallee 12 for highballs to close.

  2. Day 2: Saturday: Schanze grid, Elbgold, Bullerei

    Morning
    Coffee at Elbgold on Lagerstrasse 34c at 09:00. Walk to MOMO Ramen on Margaretenstrasse 58 for an early lunch shoyu bowl at 12:30.
    Afternoon
    Brewery tour and tasting at Ratsherrn on Lagerstrasse 30a at 15:00 (book ahead). Walk to Underdocks on Neuer Kamp 13 in St Pauli for a Fischbroetchen on a roasted spelt roll.
    Evening
    Dinner at Bullerei on Lagerstrasse 34b at 20:00; the dry-aged rib-eye. Late drink at Christiansen's on Pinnasberg 60 to close.

  3. Day 3: Sunday: Fischmarkt, Fischereihafen, Haerlin

    Morning
    Fischmarkt Altona from 06:00 (summer) to 09:30. Walk Grosse Elbstrasse; lunch at Fischereihafen Restaurant at Grosse Elbstrasse 143 at 12:30 (open Sundays, with the Hamburger Aalsuppe and the Pannfisch).
    Afternoon
    Walk the Elbe river path west to Strandperle on Oevelgoenne 60 for a beach-side coffee. Bus 112 back to the city centre.
    Evening
    Dinner at the Fischereihafen Restaurant (open Sunday) on Neuer Jungfernstieg 9 at 19:00; the nine-course tasting with the langoustine course. Nightcap at Tower Bar Hotel Hafen Hamburg on Seewartenstrasse 9 (open from 18:00 Sundays).

Hamburg vegan weekend: bakeries, the Schanze and Eppendorf ★ 4.4

Vegan visitor, two days2 days

Two days of Hamburg vegan and Franzbroetchen tasting, with stops at the city's specialist vegan delis, the Karoviertel craft beer rooms and the Schanze coffee grid.

  1. Day 1: Saturday: bakeries, Schanze cafes, vegan dinner

    Morning
    Start at Nur Hier on Osterstrasse 133 at 08:30 for a wood-oven Franzbroetchen and rye. Walk to the Effenberger Vollkornbaeckerei stall inside the Rindermarkthalle at Neuer Kamp 31 for organic sourdough and Roggenvollkornbrot.
    Afternoon
    Coffee at Elbgold on Lagerstrasse 34c. Lunch at Kimo Falafel on Schanzenstrasse 111 (vegan falafel sandwich with hummus and walnut spread). Walk Karoviertel; tasting at Buddelship Oorlam taproom on Kohlhoefen 29.
    Evening
    Dinner at Hadley's Cafe Bar on Beim Schlump 84a from 17:00; their vegan and vegetarian plates and a glass from the Hamburg wine list. Drink at The Chug Club on Taubenstrasse 13.

  2. Day 2: Sunday: Vincent Vegan, Cafe Koppel, harbour

    Morning
    Brunch at Vincent Vegan Hauptbahnhof from 11:00 for vegan burgers and milkshakes. Walk over to Lange Reihe in St Georg, then U-Bahn or a 25-minute walk west to Playground Coffee Roasters on Detlev-Bremer-Strasse 21 in St Pauli.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Cafe Koppel on Lange Reihe 75 for vegetarian and vegan small plates in the courtyard. Walk to Vincent Vegan Mercado in Altona.
    Evening
    Dinner at Bullerei on Lagerstrasse 34b (their vegan pasta and seasonal mains). Nightcap at Goldfischglas on Bartelsstrasse 30.
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